Week ahead: US mid-term elections, Fed meeting in focus
All eyes over the coming week will be on the US mid-term elections, on Tuesday, which may see the Republican party lose control of the House of Representatives.
Commenting on the potential impact of the above, economists at Unicredit Research told clients: "We do not expect any change in trade policies or an infrastructure program. Instead we expect the Democrats to attempt to use the control they gain over House committees to expose the president."
The next day, policymakers at the US central bank, the Federal Reserve, are scheduled to meet to decide on monetary policy.
No change in interest rates is expected, but some analysts believe rate-setters might decide on a target level for shrinking the central bank's balance sheet and as regards its composition.
Back in the UK, on Monday IHS Markit is set to release Purchasing Managers' Indices for Britain's manufacturing and services sectors in the month of October, which might help investors gauge if the economy is indeed set to cool in the final stretch of the year, as policymakers at the Bank of England expect.
Later in the week, on Friday, the Office for National Statistics will publish readings on UK manufacturing output and international trade for September, alongside a preliminary reading on third quarter gross domestic product.
Further afield, on Wednesday China is due to publish data on the country's official foreign exchange reserves for the month of October, followed by data on foreign trade the next day and consumer and factory gate price figures on Friday.
Monday November 05
INTERIMS
Totally
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Manx Telecom , Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets, WPP
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
ISM Non-Manufacturing (US) (15:00)
PMI Composite (US) (14:45)
PMI Services (US) (14:45)
GMS
Randgold Resources Ltd.
IMSS
Hiscox Limited (DI)
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Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets
EGMS
Predator Oil & Gas Holdings NPV
AGMS
Europa Metals Ltd NPV (DI), Murray Income Trust, NB Private Equity Partners Limited (USD), Ncondezi Energy Limited (DI), Verseon Corporation (DI/REG S)
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Halifax House Price Index (08:30)
PMI Services (09:30)
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CPL Resources
Tuesday November 06
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Castleton Technology, First Derivatives
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Huntsworth, Synthomer
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Supermarket Income Reit
Q3
Randgold Resources Ltd., Verona Pharma
FINALS
Associated British Foods, Connect Group, Imperial Brands , Up Global Sourcing Holdings
IMSS
Weir Group
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Barratt Developments
AGMS
Abcam, AIQ Limited (DI), Craneware, GCP Student Living, Mid Wynd International Inv Trust, Pacific Horizon Inv Trust, Supermarket Income Reit
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Direct Line Insurance Group, Georgia Capital , Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets, Purplebricks Group, Vesuvius, Weir Group, William Hill
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Barratt Developments
Wednesday November 07
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Dairy Crest Group, Marks & Spencer Group, Sophos Group , Wizz Air Holdings
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JPMorgan Japan Smaller Companies Trust, StatPro Group
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JPMorgan Asian Investment Trust
EGMS
Greencore Group
AGMS
Gulf Investment Fund, Hansard Global, Infrastructure India, InnovaDerma, Redrow
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
G4S, Wetherspoon (J.D.)
Thursday November 08
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3i Infrastructure, Auto Trader Group , Burberry Group, Halfords Group, JZ Capital Partners Ltd, National Grid, Renewi , Sainsbury (J), Tate & Lyle, Wincanton
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Anglo Asian Mining, International Public Partnerships Ltd., Mears Group, Scisys
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Air Partner, BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust, British American Inv Trust, Burford Capital , Card Factory, Panther Securities, RTC Group, Whitbread
QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE
BP, Brunner Inv Trust, IBM Corp., The Renewables Infrastructure Group Limited
Q3
Arrow Global Group, AstraZeneca, Coca-Cola HBC AG (CDI), esure Group, Transgloble Energy Corporation NPV (DI)
FINALS
BowLeven, Game Digital, Gattaca, Tracsis
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Card Factory, Catalyst Media Group, Lancashire Holdings Limited
EGMS
PJSC Lukoil ADR
AGMS
Agriterra LD, Clinigen Group, Haynes Publishing Group
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Beazley, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Howden Joinery Group, IMI, Inmarsat, OneSavings Bank, Superdry, TI Fluid Systems
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Begbies Traynor Group, Redde
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Abcam, Clinigen Group, Coral Products, Craneware, Croma Security Solutions Group, Foresight Solar & Infrastructure VCT, Galliford Try, Go-Ahead Group, James Halstead, JPMorgan Smaller Companies Inv Trust, Revolution Bars Group, Ricardo, Springfield Properties
Friday November 09
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AA , Andrews Sykes Group, Charles Taylor, Downing Three VCT F Shs, Downing Two VCT F Shs , Downing Two VCT G Shs, Harwood Wealth Management Group, Hastings Group Holdings , Kingfisher, M&C Saatchi, Restore, SIG, Spectris, Spirax-Sarco Engineering, Taylor Wimpey, TP ICAP, Travis Perkins
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BlackRock Latin American Inv Trust, British Land Company
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Bioventix
AGMS
Galliford Try
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Bioventix, Murgitroyd Group, Photo-Me International, Schroder Japan Growth Fund